Chaman Singh and Ors. v. 1. Union of India through Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Pay-scale upgradation service matter; Chaman Singh & Ors. v. Union of India (MHA) & Ors., W.P.(C) 3055/2026, High Court of Delhi, disposed 11.03.2026 (V. Kameswar Rao & Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, JJ.). Petition seeking applicability of order dated 10.10.1997 (rationalization of posts / upgradation of pay scale) from 01.01.1996 with notional monetary benefits, interest and consequential benefits per judgment dated 14.08.2024 in Rajendra Prasad (W.P.(C) 1048/23), Ajit Singh (W.P.(C) 1022/23), Shailesh Kumar (W.P.(C) 2265/23); disposed by treating petition as representation to be decided within twelve weeks; liberty reserved. Keywords: upgradation of pay scale, notional monetary benefits, rationalization of posts, writ of mandamus, representation, twelve weeks.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with direction that respondents treat it as a representation and decide it in accordance with law, keeping in view the dicta in the three writ petitions decided on 14.08.2024, within twelve weeks; liberty reserved to the petitioners to avail remedies in law if still aggrieved. No monetary relief adjudicated by this order.